More than 3.5 million children are at risk of dropping out of school due to the drought in the Horn of Africa, the United Nations has said, amid warnings the crisis could lead to “a lost generation” that misses out on education. “In the Horn of Africa, there are about 15 million children out of school, including these countries. But the absence of these, combined with the added pressure on household incomes, has stacked the odds against children getting to school. An estimated 13 million people are facing severe hunger in the Horn of Africa as a result of drought, the UN says. Unicef estimates that 1.57 million children – roughly equal numbers of girls and boys – are at risk of dropping out of school in Kenya, 1.14 million in Ethiopia and 900,000 in Somalia, including Somaliland.

Source: Ethiopian News September 22, 2022 18:47 UTC